Russia’s Khimki Forest Threatened by Highway Project
4 May 2011 | The Nation
Time is running out for Russian activists hoping to stop the construction of a highway through an old growth forest outside of Moscow. In an eleventh hour campaign, the Movement to Defend Khimki Forest is targeting the French company overseeing the controversial project. Vinci, one of Europe’s largest corporations, signed the contract for the Moscow-St. Petersburg motorway in 2009 and could begin the first phase of development this month. The 43-kilometer section will slice through the heart of an old growth oak forest, an important corridor for large game and home to numerous endangered plant species, as well as a cherished greenbelt on the edge of one of the world’s most polluted cities.
How can governments and industry win public support for new low-carbon technologies?
26 April 2011 | Comment Visions
As a start, lumping together all low-carbon technologies is not the most advisable approach to win public support for new, low-carbon technologies.
The EBRD: What role does it have to play 20 years on?
19 April 2011 | BBC
Twenty years on from its creation, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) may think it is time to reconsider, or at least extend, its remit.
Are the EU’s public banks fit to support southern Med’s new democrats?
19 April 2011 | The Guardian
The European Investment Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development have failed to prevent corruption and social injustice
Leaders tell EU neighbours to stress-test nuclear plants
19 April 2011 | EuObserver
EU leaders have called on neighbouring states including Russia and Ukraine to carry out ‘stress tests’ on their nuclear plants.
Banking is not a tool to support democracy
28 March 2011 | New Europe
Over the next three years, the European Commission is planning to channel seven billion euro for the Southern Mediterranean through the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). But the track record of these two banks raises serious questions over their ability to support democratisation in the region.
